No sinful heart, no worldly snare,
Will tempt us to forget;

No cloud of fear, no distance felt,

Our perfect joy shall dim!

His servants there shall see His face,
And ever dwell with Him!"

Copied, CLIFTON, 8th March 1857.

VIII.

Companionship by the Way.

"There is a FRIEND more tender, true,

Than brother e'er can be; Who, when all others bid adieu, Remains the last to flee;

"Of human hearts He holds the key.
Is friendship meet for ours?
Oh! be assured that none but He

Unlocks its purest powers."

BERNARD BARTON.

In the spring of 1856, Eliza went to London to visit some distant relatives, and there formed a friendship, of which she always spoke with intense thankfulness and delight. As the young friend who was permitted to impart so much strength and comfort, during the occasional depression attendant on Eliza's declining health, still lives, all personal references are omitted. The quotations which follow are from an account kindly furnished by herself, illustrative of the phases of Eliza's spiritual life, and also of her increasing meetness for the rest and service of heaven, as she neared her journey's end.

Miss Gwrites, Jan. 6, 1858 :-" I should greatly rejoice to see a memoir of my much loved friend and sister in Jesus, for surely it may be said of her, as of Enoch of old, she 'walked with God,' holding almost constant intercourse with Jesus, and seeking to adorn the doctrine of God her Saviour in all things. I